Male and Female teams for each age group are formed for

• Division 1 through the Club’s annual grading process (13 to U16)
• All other divisions through social and friendship groups.

• Non graded teams attend one training session per week and can attend optional development sessions
• Division 1 graded teams attend one training session and one compulsory development session per week
• Training takes place at one of BDFC’s grounds- Birchgrove, Easton, Glover St or Cohen Park on a week day afternoon

• All players are expected to wear the club’s full kit (shirt, shorts, and socks)
• Players bring their own football boots and shin pads

Each team has a volunteer manager drawn from the parents and carers of the team players. For these age groups, the manager’s role is to:

• Communicate games and training sessions times and locations
• Manage player cards and game record sheets
• Pay referee match fees
• Assist the team coach in managing game day activities
• Coordinate the team to complete the teams ground official duties

Volunteer Managers are fully briefed and supported by the Club

Each Balmain home team needs to provide ONE volunteer for EVERY HOME game, EVERY WEEK however only for the one game prior to their HOME GAME.  This means if you are playing at one of Balmain’s Home Grounds (as the HOME team) at 11am, you will need to provide Ground Official service for that field at 10am (or whatever time the game before yours is scheduled for).

Teams playing the first game of the day do not need to provide a Ground Official – club staff will fulfil this duty for those games and for the last game of the day.